The
Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force’s only
dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by ACC and
Air Education and Training Command. This C-130J variant, which replaces
existing HC-130P/N aircraft, specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding
detection to support recovery operations in austere environments. This
HC-130J is one of six Super Hercules on contract designated for assignment
at Moody AFB.

The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel
Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range
version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy
to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere
airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel
recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air
refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and
aerospace company that employs about 118,000 people worldwide and is principally
engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration
and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.
The corporation's net sales for 2012 were $47.2 billion.